Dr. Md Sarfaraz Alam

Designation : Assistant Professor Senior Grade 2
School / Centre : VIT School of Design
Department : Industrial Design

Educational Details

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati

Ph.D
Design
Graduated in 2021

Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology (SLIET), a Centrally Funded Technical Institute (CFTI) Longowal, Punjab

M.Tech
Manufacturing Systems Engineering
Graduated in 2015

Punjab Technical University Jalandhar (PTU), Punjab

B.Tech
Mechanical Engineering
Graduated in 2012

Post Doctoral Experiences

Worked on interdisciplinary research in Human Factors & Ergonomics in Design at Khalifa University, UAE (2022–2023).

Research Details

Areas of Specialization
  • Human Factors & Ergonomics
  • Product & Systems Design
  • Human-Centered Product and Service Design
  • Occupational Safety
  • Health & Work
  • Comfort Footwear Design-Shoe Inserts/Orthotic
  • Human Thermal Comfort & Users Performance/Productivity-Vehicle/Railway/Built Environment

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Completed Funded Project Details

Title Funding Agency
SIZE INDIA PHASE- II (2023) Project Sponsored by Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI)

Books / Book Chapters Published Details

Title Publisher Published Year
Evaluating Indoor and Outdoor Thermal Comfort Parameters 5 Affecting Work Environment of Railway Pantry Car Springer 2022
Development of a Methodology for Investigating Thermal Comfort and Quality of Air Inside Indian Railway Pantry Car Springer 2022
A comparative analysis between indoor and outdoor thermal comfort parameters of railway pantry car Springer 2021
A field investigation of the average indoor thermal comfort parameters on the railway pantry car kitchen at the different cooking period Springer 2021
Thermal comfort assessment of a pantry car coaches in Indian railway AIP Publishing LLC 2020

Awards & Recognitions Details

  • Institute fellowship for PhD from 2016 to 2021, MHRD, Government of India
  • GATE (General Aptitude Test in Engineering) 2016 Qualified, Examination paper Mechanical Engineering
  • Merit-cum-Means Scholarship (2014) & (2013), MHRD, Government of India
  • Bihar Government BC/EBC Scholarship, (2012)
  • All India Sliet Entrance Examination 2012, SET-VI, All India Rank: 17

International Collaborations

  • Research expert collaboration in HF&E in Design with Dr. Zubairy Shamsudin, IIUM, Malaysia
  • Research collaborator in Industrial design with Dr. Tamer Yousif, October 6 University, Egypt
  • Research collaborator in Human Factors/Ergonomics with Dr. Kim Y., GNU, South Korea
  • Independent Domain Expert Examiner in the field of Industrial Design and Product Design, Prof. DİLEK AKBULUT, Gazi University, Türkiye
  • Research collaboration in Human Factors | Ergonomics | User Centered Design with Dr. Felipe Mujica, State University of Campinas, Brazil

Other Information

Editorial Experience : In 2025, appointed as an International Reviewer Board Member by the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Malaysia (HFEM) for the Human Factors & Ergonomics Journal (HFEJ) and the Integrated Ergonomics Journal (IEJ).
Personal Website Link : https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-md-sarfaraz-alam-1a684a153/